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Art, music & theater at Northeastern

Northeastern graduates about 105 art, music & theater majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 44th of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $68,000 four years out, 1.57× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

86/100Standout#44 of 668 for art, music & theater →
Graduates a year1052% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$68,0001.57× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1440–1550whole school

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Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Fenway Center, Artists' Residence, Raytheon Amphitheater, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, New England Conservatory of Music Residence Hall.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 93 · Dorm 82 · Student housing 17 · Athletics 8 · Library 5 · Dining 5.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. Trinity College 87
  2. Reed College 87
  3. The University of Texas–Austin 86
  4. University of California, Berkeley 86
  5. Denison University 86
  6. Stanford University 86
  7. Lafayette College 86
  8. University of California, Davis 85

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Northeastern with every school we score in art, music & theater. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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